{"id":918556,"date":"2022-01-22T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/22\/speaker-justin-muturi-backs-political-parties-bill\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:12:55","slug":"speaker-justin-muturi-backs-political-parties-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/22\/speaker-justin-muturi-backs-political-parties-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Justin Muturi backs Political Parties Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rsjud30ajszozmva61ebd07d8b19d.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi.<\/strong> [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has backed the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which is now before the Senate.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Molo, Nakuru County, where he took his campaign, Muturi who has been endorsed as a presidential candidate by the Democratic Party (DP) in the August poll said those opposed to the Bill misunderstood it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people don\u2019t understand the importance of political parties and especially in a country like Kenya. When people work in coalitions, there is a lot of respect and stability,\u201d said Muturi.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4oaA-lxyJcs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"House of Chaos: Intrigues behind Political Parties Amendment bill debate at the National Assembly\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oaA-lxyJcs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Among the proposed changes in the Bill include formalising engagement between political parties allowing candidates to vie for elective seats on either coalition or individual party tickets.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker said that working in coalitions makes service delivery to the electorate more efficient as leaders in different political parties consult and push for particular interests through dialogue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA good example is the first Jubilee administration where TNA and URP parties worked in a coalition. There was a lot of stability in government and consultation,\u201d said Muturi. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I am for the good of this country, why wouldn\u2019t I consult you as a partner? All registered political parties have their rights under Article 38 of our Constitution,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>He called on his competitors in the presidential race to refrain from making sentiments that are likely to polarize the country ahead, during and after the polls.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t want violence, especially in Molo which has a bad history. It is also outdated politics to claim a particular area is someone&#8217;s political bedroom,\u201d said Muturi.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>madoadoa<\/em> (spots) that we should be speaking about should not be about ethnic groups but ideologies and policies all geared to make Kenya better. Kenyans should be given space to freely vote for the person who has convinced them that they are the right person,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wnujs6u2ybkrmr61ebd3e193c33.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>Speaker Justin Muturi with DP leaders Joseph Munyao (left) and Esau Kioni.\u00a0January 11, 2022.<\/strong> [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Muturi revealed that DP will hold its National Delegates Conference (NDC) in early February.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party is particular about supporting special groups, women and the youth whom we shall allow to only pay half of the fees required for any process in the party,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>Muturi reiterated his determination to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta, promising to further the realisation of Vision 2030 and the Big Four agenda.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm not a daydreamer. DP was started by former President Mwai Kibaki and has great policies. We shall take this country far if we focus on Vision 2013 and the Big Four agenda which were great blueprints for our economy,\u201d said Muturi.\n<\/p>\n<p>He cited corruption as a major challenge in the realisation of the dreams, calling for concerted efforts by the three arms of government and the citizens in the fight against graft.\n<\/p>\n<p>Molo MP Kuria Kimani, who is seeking reelection, said he would work closely with other leaders to transform Molo from being dubbed as a region of political intolerance.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row border-right mb-4 p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>First CBC classroom complete <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>The Ministry of Education on Friday opened the first completed Competency-Based Curriculum classroom in Eastern region in Meru County.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001435199\/speaker-justin-muturi-backs-political-parties-bill\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has backed the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which is now before the Senate. Speaking in Molo, Nakuru County, where he took his campaign, Muturi who has been endorsed as a presidential candidate by the Democratic Party (DP) in the August poll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}